فَقَالَ ع لَسْتُ بِمُنْكِرِ فَضَائِلِ عُمَرَ وَ لَكِنَّ...

فَقَالَ ع لَسْتُ بِمُنْكِرِ فَضَائِلِ عُمَرَ وَ لَكِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ عَلَى رَأْسِ الْمِنْبَرِ إِنَّ لِي‏ شَيْطَاناً يَعْتَرِينِي فَإِذَا مِلْتُ فَسَدِّدُونِي- He -asws said: ‘I -asws am not a denier of the merits of Umar, but Abu Bakr is superior to Umar. He had said on top of the pulpit, ‘There is a Satan -la for me appearing to me.

📌So whenever I deviate, then guide me!’’ قد قال ذلك و شبهه غير مرة، فمن ذلك قوله« انى وليت عليكم و لست بخيركم فان رأيتموني على الحق فأعينونى، و ان رأيتموني على الباطل فسددونى» Note: He had said that and resembling it, more than once. From that are his words, ‘I am ruling upon you, and I am not the best of you. If you were to see me upon the truth, then assist me, and if you see me upon the falsehood, then guide me’ .

و قوله:« أما و اللّه ما أنا بخيركم و لقد كنت لمقامى هذا كارها، و لوددت أن فيكم من يكفينى، أ فتظنون انى أعمل فيكم بسنة رسول اللّه؟ اذن لا أقوم بها، ان رسول اللّه كان يعصم بالوحى، و كان معه ملك، و ان لي شيطانا يعترينى، فإذا غضبت فاجتنبونى أن لا أؤثر في اشعاركم و ابشاركم الا فراعونى فان استقمت فأعينونى، و ان زغت فقومونى. And his words, ‘But, by Allah -azwj !

I am not the best of you all, and I had been abhorrent to this position of mine, and I would have loved it if there was someone among you who could suffice me. Are you thinking that I shall be conducting among you all with the Sunnah of Rasool-Allah -saww ? Then I shall not be standing by it. Rasool-Allah -saww was protected by the Revelation, and there was an Angel with him -saww , and for me there is a Satan -la appearing to me. Whenever I am angry, then stay away from me.

If I don’t prefer regarding your poems and your news then look after me . If I am straight, then assist me, and if I am crooked, then straighten me’ . قال السيّد حسين بحر العلوم في هامش تلخيص الشافي ج 2 ص 9: و بهذه العبارات و شبهها تجد كتب القوم منها ملأى.

راجع مسند أحمد ج 1 ص 14 و الرياض النضرة ج 1 ص 170 و كنز العمّال ج 3 ص 126 و طبقات ابن سعد ج 3 ص 139 و الإمامة و السياسة ج 1 ص 16 و تاريخ الطبريّ ج 3 ص 210 و سيرة ابن هشام ج 4 ص 340 The Seyyid Husayn Bahr Al Uloom said in the notes of ‘Talkhees Al Shafy’ V 2 P 9, ‘And with these expressions and its resembling, you will find books of the people filled with it.

Refer to ‘Musnad’ of Ahmad V 1 P 14, and ‘Al Riyaz Al Nazara’ V 1 P 170, and ‘Kanz Al Ammal’ V 3 P 126, and ‘Tabaqaat Ibn Sa’ad’ V 3 P 139, and ‘Al Imamah Wa Al Siyasa’ V 1 P 16, and ‘Tareekh’ of Al Tabari V 3 P 210, and ‘Seerah’ of Ibn Hisham V 4 P 340 .

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